• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.177-185
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of patient's perceived medical quality of service on satisfaction, hospital reputation, and loyalty to provide a strategic way to increase profitability and competitiveness of hospitals by preventing the departure of existing customers and promoting reuse. AMOS 20.0 was used for structural model analysis and identification factor analysis and SPSS 21.0 program was used for empirical analysis. As a result, the quality of medical service had a significant effect on satisfaction and reputation, and the quality of medical service had the greatest effect on satisfaction. Satisfaction has a positive effect on reputation and loyalty and is an important factor in determining loyalty. Recognizing the importance of improving quality of service and building relationships with patients should be prepared for strengthening relationships.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.326-337
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• 2016

This study was conducted to identify the relationships between emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, and quality of nursing service for hospital nurses, and to serve as a basis for improvement of nursing service and nursing resources management. All data were collected and conducted with the cooperation of the nursing service department in a tertiary general hospital and two general hospitals located in G province. Questionnaires were completed by 195 nurses who consented to participation in the study from 7 to 28 April 2014. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. A highly positive relationship (r=0.624, p<0.001, r=0.612, p<0.001) was observed between emotional intelligence and quality of nursing service in the superior general hospitals and the general hospitals. Based on this study, quality of nursing service could be improved by a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction in the superior general hospitals and general hospitals (r=0.430, p<0.001). Therefore, it is important to provide a good occupational environment and develop educational programs to enhance the emotional intelligence of nurses, and a positive measure focused on less experienced and young nurses to improve emotional intelligence.

• Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.228-238
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate parent expectation and satisfaction with respect to pediatric inpatient care and to identify the variables related to parent satisfaction. Methods: The study was conducted in pediatric wards of a tertiary children's hospital in Korea. The participants were 361 parents of children who were inpatients. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire (The Pediatric Family Satisfaction Questionnaire) at the time of discharge. Results: The highest parent expectation domain was medical service. The parents were most satisfied with nursing service and least satisfied with general hospital service and accommodation. The parents expressed lower satisfaction with hospital facilities, equipment, noise, cleanliness, and communication by health care professionals. Parents with younger children reported higher expectation from the complete hospital service and those who had a longer length of stay reported higher expectation from the nursing service. Conclusion: To improve the quality of hospital services, we need to understand parent expectation and improve and provide clear communication. In addition, the general hospital service and accommodation should not be overlooked for improvement.

• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.19-29
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• 2022

This study is a descriptive survey using a self-reported survey method to understand the effect of language and non-verbal communication of medical service providers on customer satisfaction through Lapport and to determine the degree of impact on Lapport by adjusting perceived service authenticity. The data collection period was from April 5 to April 30, 2021. Using the convenience sampling method, data were collected from users of medical institutions located in Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do, and a total of 306 valid questionnaires were used as statistical analysis data. The collected data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistics version 25.0 and AMOS 20.0 programs through a coding process. In the results of this study, it was found that the language and non-verbal communication of medical service providers influenced customer satisfaction through Lapport, and the perceived service authenticity in the relationship between each variable acts as a moderating effect. Considering that the language and non-verbal factors of the medical service provider are important in the interaction between the medical service provider and the hospital user, the medical service provider should take full account of the language and non-verbal factors and help the medical institution communicate with the hospital user.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.299-305
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• 2021

This study examined to identify the factors influencing on inpatients' satisfaction with hospitalization and willingness to recommend hospital to others. Data from the 2018 National Patient Experience Survey were used for the analysis. Of the 593 patients experiencing inpatient services, multivariate linear regression analysis was conducted to explore the factors such as physician care, nursing care, facility and administrative support, and healthcare system on inpatients' satisfaction after controlling for their socio-demographic and health related factors. The study found that physician care, nursing care, administrative support and healthcare system were related to inpatients' satisfaction and willingness to recommend hospital. To improve inpatients' satisfaction, it is necessary to improve healthcare professionals' overall patient-centerdness attitude, user friendly hospital facilities and administrative support services and efforts to trust and satisfaction on healthcare system from the patients' perspectives.

• Journal of Creative Information Culture
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.129-139
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• 2020

As the variety of scientific technology has grown repeatedly since the 19th century, innovative technology is developing high-level in healthcare field. The system to improve patient's satisfaction for silver generation introduced in domestic medical process result from promotion of convergence technology. But utilization of small and medium hospital is inevitable with maintain limited performance around existing large hospitals and high cost service system. Therefore phenomenon that weakness of patient's satisfaction and service accessibility for silver generation occurs. This study propose the design method that Android-based low-cost smart medical treatment information service system to improve accessibility to user of small and medium hospital for effective patient's satisfaction services management and medical services.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.684-695
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and nursing organizational culture on burnout in integrated nursing care units nurses. The participants were 170 nurses working in integrated nursing care units of three general hospitals located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé, Pearson's correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Burnout was significantly different according to turnover intention, job satisfaction, health status. Burnout showed a positive correlation with compassion fatigue and a negative correlation with compassion satisfaction and relation oriented culture. Regression analysis revealed that compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, relation oriented culture and age were significant variables affecting the burnout, and the lower the age, the higher the burnout. Therefore, strategies to decrease compassion fatigue and to enhance compassion satisfaction and positive aspects of relation oriented culture for lower age nurses group are needed.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.87-93
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• 2021

Effects on Health Center and Hospital Visit Patient Characteristics and Overall Satisfaction As a result of comparing the characteristics of visiting patients in the public health centers and hospitals, the number of patients at the public health centers was relatively higher than the hospital patients, the number of medical benefits patients was higher, and there were more vaccinations or physiotherapy patients than the purpose of disease treatment.There was a small number of private insurances,The older adults were more. The most influential variable on the overall satisfaction level of the public health center is the facility satisfaction And doctor satisfaction had a weak effect.In the case of hospitals, the facility satisfaction Also, the degree of satisfaction with doctors, satisfaction with medical expenses, and satisfaction with treatment environment were in order.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.456-467
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• 2019

The rapid aging of South Korea is causing difficulties in meeting the man-power demands for the increasing number of elderly nursing hospitals. To cope with this gap in supply and demand, more foreign workers are now being hired to provide elderly care services. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of the quality of the care services provided by foreign caregivers in nursing hospitals for the elderly. For this purpose, the researcher surveyed 249 senior citizens who are receiving care services from Chinese-Korean caregivers in six elderly nursing hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi region. The data collected from the survey were analyzed through SPSS and AMOS. The result of the analyses showed that, first, the quality factors of the care services of the caregivers at elderly nursing hospitals, such as reliability, responsibility, empathy, formality, and expertise, all turned out to have a positive correlation with the trust in, satisfaction with, and intent to revisit the institute. Second, thefluencing factors for the qualities of the care services by Chinese-Korean care givers in elderly nursing hospitals included responsiveness, materiality, and expertise, while the factors that influenced satisfaction with significance included trust, materiality, and expertise. Also, the trust in and satisfaction with the institution both influenced the intent of revisit in a positive manner. Third, the indirect effect of trust in the relationship between the quality of the care services by the Chinese-Korean care givers and satisfaction, appeared in all independent variable except for responsiveness, which was a factor of the quality of the care services. And, it was also shown that the satisfaction level had an indirect effect in the relationship between trust and revisiting intent. The result of this study implicates that, in order to cause the quality of the care service by the Chinese-Korean care givers in elderly nursing hospitals to increase the revisit rate, it would be necessary to provide a strategy to increase the levels of trust and satisfaction through a higher quality level of care services.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.266-276
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• 2011

The main purpose of this study is to examine a influence factor of professionalism which is effected on nurse's customer orientation, job satisfaction and service delivery level in specialty hospitals. And this study has reviewed the theoretical background of specialty hospital system, professionalism, customer orientation, job satisfaction and service delivery level, and set up the hypothesis to test the relations with nurse's professionalism, customer orientation, job satisfaction and service delivery level. Data were collected from 142 nurses in 6 specialty hospitals in the Seoul region using a standardized questionnaire. For reliability and appropriateness, Cronbach $\alpha$ and factor analysis and SPSS 12.0K for the actual proof were used. The research findings are summarized below. The professionalism influences positively on the customer orientation and the job satisfaction while it does not on the service delivery level. Also, the customer orientation influences positively on the service delivery level, it does not influence positively on the service delivery level as the research is analyzed. Therefore, the courses that are emphasizing the customer satisfaction and the importance of service should be included in the curriculum of the Department of Nursing Science and the nurses in active service at speciality hospitals should be trained persistently for the importance of customer management.